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HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Monday, January 1, 2007
9:37:00 AM EST
Celebration and Revelation
Ok, I blew it! At 12:20 I was crawling in bed with no thought of blogging. The kids and I stayed up and watched Spaceballs and giggled at the silliness of it all (it'd be a bit funnier though without some of the language...guess I'm getting old.) . We ate junk food, snuggled, and poked each other to stay awake. We're not the most exciting bunch, but at least we enjoy the simple things, and I guess that's all that really matters. In another life, I might have been somewhere else in Atlanta, sipping champaign, and dancing, but this life is much more fulfilling than all that.
2007 came with lots of explosions in our neighborhood. I swear someone set off a cannon in their backyard. As someone who grew up in a state where fireworks were banned for her entire childhood, this is really strange. I mean, we did have fireworks, but if we were caught, it meant going to jail or at least getting a citation. We had small fireworks usually, or if we had friends who had connections in other states, we'd sometimes get bigger things, but mostly it was harmless stuff. Anyway, it was loud last night. I hope my neighbors had a good time!
The new year entered Atlanta with lots and lots of rain. I suspect we got about one and a half inches over the whole day. It poured. The Peach Drop attendance was down because of the rain (I suspect attendance was also down because Lonestar, a country band, was the headline band. As much as we are still Southern in Atlanta, most of us don't admit to listening to country music). In a way it was cool that it rained. It's like the whole area was being cleansed so that we could enter the new year free of the stuff we had put on ourselves in the old year. Yeah, I'm waxing symbolic here--humor the Literature major, ok? We see the new year as a time of renewal. In our renewal, we need to pray for the revelation that renewal and cleansing allows. Just as the rain reveals the nature of things covered in world grime, perhaps it can also remind us that we need inner cleansing in order to reveal the truth of things in our lives. Maybe that's why the new year always makes me excited.
Old Resolutions
For a long time, I wouldn't make resolutions. I thought they were pretty much a waste of energy because I couldn't complete them. Last year, however, I had a change of heart. Resolutions are building blocks. They allow us to grow ourselves, and see ourselves in new ways. Last year, one of my resolutions was to learn more about myself as a woman, and more about how my earthly relationships connect to my relationship with God. I learned a lot. I discovered things I loved about God, about myself, and about others around me. I also discovered things that were wrong with me, things that I need God to correct because I can't (I tried and failed miserably), and how my lack of listening to God continues to get me into trouble. So, I guess my resolution was half successful, and half a work in progress.
New Resolutions
So now it's 2007. There are new goals to be set, new paths to explore. I could say that I want to go where no woman has gone before, but that could get me into major trouble. So, instead, I will go where probably lots of women have gone before, but apparently, I missed the ticket line and the boat.
1. I want to continue to learn what God wants me to be (I know I'm not there yet).
2. I want to continue to learn how to wait for a righteous man to be a part of my life (those of you that know me understand that I'm not good at waiting).
3. I want to continue to learn how to listen to God when He tells me that I'm in danger (those of you that know me understand that listening is something I continue to work on).
4. I want to continue to learn how to love others and control the words that come from my mouth (it's time to retire my sharp tongue no matter how funny it is).
5. I want to be more attentive to God's word. I sort of dropped this goal last year, and it caused me to fail in the listening area of my life too.
I would say that I want 2007 to be the year I find a man, but that's presumptious. Maybe it's enough to want to find God and sit with Him for a while. No, that doesn't mean I'm joining a monastery or becoming a nun (there are no Disciples of Christ nuns). I just think that if I center my life around God, then maybe my ability to know what is good for me in a mate will adjust and focus a lot better. That's not the only reason I'm centering my life around God, please don't think that's my only goal here. I've learned in the past year that my life is much, much better if I'm centered around God.
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9:37:00 AM EST
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Celebration and Revelation
Ok, I blew it! At 12:20 I was crawling in bed with no thought of blogging. The kids and I stayed up and watched Spaceballs and giggled at the silliness of it all (it'd be a bit funnier though without some of the language...guess I'm getting old.) . We ate junk food, snuggled, and poked each other to stay awake. We're not the most exciting bunch, but at least we enjoy the simple things, and I guess that's all that really matters. In another life, I might have been somewhere else in Atlanta, sipping champaign, and dancing, but this life is much more fulfilling than all that.
2007 came with lots of explosions in our neighborhood. I swear someone set off a cannon in their backyard. As someone who grew up in a state where fireworks were banned for her entire childhood, this is really strange. I mean, we did have fireworks, but if we were caught, it meant going to jail or at least getting a citation. We had small fireworks usually, or if we had friends who had connections in other states, we'd sometimes get bigger things, but mostly it was harmless stuff. Anyway, it was loud last night. I hope my neighbors had a good time!
The new year entered Atlanta with lots and lots of rain. I suspect we got about one and a half inches over the whole day. It poured. The Peach Drop attendance was down because of the rain (I suspect attendance was also down because Lonestar, a country band, was the headline band. As much as we are still Southern in Atlanta, most of us don't admit to listening to country music). In a way it was cool that it rained. It's like the whole area was being cleansed so that we could enter the new year free of the stuff we had put on ourselves in the old year. Yeah, I'm waxing symbolic here--humor the Literature major, ok? We see the new year as a time of renewal. In our renewal, we need to pray for the revelation that renewal and cleansing allows. Just as the rain reveals the nature of things covered in world grime, perhaps it can also remind us that we need inner cleansing in order to reveal the truth of things in our lives. Maybe that's why the new year always makes me excited.
Old Resolutions
For a long time, I wouldn't make resolutions. I thought they were pretty much a waste of energy because I couldn't complete them. Last year, however, I had a change of heart. Resolutions are building blocks. They allow us to grow ourselves, and see ourselves in new ways. Last year, one of my resolutions was to learn more about myself as a woman, and more about how my earthly relationships connect to my relationship with God. I learned a lot. I discovered things I loved about God, about myself, and about others around me. I also discovered things that were wrong with me, things that I need God to correct because I can't (I tried and failed miserably), and how my lack of listening to God continues to get me into trouble. So, I guess my resolution was half successful, and half a work in progress.
New Resolutions
So now it's 2007. There are new goals to be set, new paths to explore. I could say that I want to go where no woman has gone before, but that could get me into major trouble. So, instead, I will go where probably lots of women have gone before, but apparently, I missed the ticket line and the boat.
1. I want to continue to learn what God wants me to be (I know I'm not there yet).
2. I want to continue to learn how to wait for a righteous man to be a part of my life (those of you that know me understand that I'm not good at waiting).
3. I want to continue to learn how to listen to God when He tells me that I'm in danger (those of you that know me understand that listening is something I continue to work on).
4. I want to continue to learn how to love others and control the words that come from my mouth (it's time to retire my sharp tongue no matter how funny it is).
5. I want to be more attentive to God's word. I sort of dropped this goal last year, and it caused me to fail in the listening area of my life too.
I would say that I want 2007 to be the year I find a man, but that's presumptious. Maybe it's enough to want to find God and sit with Him for a while. No, that doesn't mean I'm joining a monastery or becoming a nun (there are no Disciples of Christ nuns). I just think that if I center my life around God, then maybe my ability to know what is good for me in a mate will adjust and focus a lot better. That's not the only reason I'm centering my life around God, please don't think that's my only goal here. I've learned in the past year that my life is much, much better if I'm centered around God.
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